On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, David N. Welton wrote:
> Greg Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > * The Board has approved the new Apache License 2.0. For a copy of
> > that license, please see http://www.apache.org/licenses/.
>
> > The Board has also mandated that all ASF software must be
> > switched to the new license by March 1st, 2004. Please watch
> > this space for further instructions on how to "use" the new
> > license.
>
> For those who don't follow the legal stuff too closely, were the
> differences of opinion with the Debian folks ever resolved? How about
> the FSF?
Debian went quiet after Roy responded to their concerns. We'll see how
they feel, I guess.
I talked with Eben Moglen in person yesterday, having happened to have
been in NY. His sense is that the two licenses are compatible; that one
can incorporate AL 2.0 code into GPLd code and release the combined work
as GPL, and that (loosely paraphrasing) the FSF would take whatever
further steps necessary for compatibility in the GPL 3.0.
It wouldn't hurt to state in a license FAQ or somewhere else that the ASF
believes the two licenses to be compatible, and will not try to prevent
anyone from combining AL 2.0 code with GPL code.
Brian
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